Device for treating fabrics with liquid



Feb. 19, 1929. 1,702,779

F. HINNEKENS DEVICE FOR TREATING FABRICS WITH LIQUID Filed May 2, 1928 Horeu Hma Kewl,

l f ggd y AoHNEr Patented Feb. 19, 19729.

rAi-fNT OFFICE.

` FLORENT n INNExENs, or rATERson'NEW riiiisrinv 'y DE'vIc'EpFoR TREAIING FABRICS WITHLIQUID.

l Application led May 2,

' This invention relates to. devices fordischarging liquids against fabrics intlieuse of which the fabric isadvanced in an upright path and the'li'quid is discharged' from the device against the moving fabric. The principal object isto provide a device for .the purpose indicated in the use of which the liquid stream delivered may be varied in foi-"ce without'its exceeding a' certain degree,.that is, be so forceful as not to soak the fabric well and perhaps to injure the same, and will be broad or flat andthin and of substantially `equal volume throughout its' lbreadth whateverits force. i.

In Vthe drawing, y f v Fig. 1 is a plan of thel improved. device; and Y 1 Figs. v 2 2 and 3-'-3 of Fig. l.

VThe device may be formed of sheet metal according to the presenty exam-ple."` ,f

l and 2 designa-te ain-'upper and a lower tubularpart alined `with each other and having a continuous space 3 between them ;v these parts form a passage A through.A which the fabric is passedin an upright'.path,-usually downwardly, wherefore the upper end of part 1 is shown flared to perinitthe'fabric to be advanced through the passage without undue lehaiing. l f

Surrounding these parts and,v forming therewith a distributing chamber 4 is a 'cupshaped kreceiver 5 whose bottom 5a isapertured and receives and lits partQ andwhose upstanding wall 5b reaches well above the slit or space 3; this receiver is open at the top, affording thereby an overflow outlet.

Slit 3 is horizontal.

Radial walls 6 are interposed betweenthe passage-forming parts 1-2 and the vwall 5b of the receiver and each extends nearly to the top of part l; one of these walls (the one at the right in Fig. 3) may extend clear tothe bottom 5a, but the others are spaced therefrom as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The various parts may be secured together where'they meet as by bending off van edge of one in each instance' andriveting or welding the thus bent-olf portion'flat against the surface of the other, as at 7.y One function ofthe walls 6 is to support the otherwise unsupported part 1. f

Slit or space 3 is ci'rcumferenti'ally continuous so that the liquid will flow inwardly into the passage as an unbroken sheet, wherefore the walls 6 are preferably recessed at 8 oppo- 2 and 3 are sections thereon on lines to yclog the' slit. l

herein shown, where the pas' i928. .serial nb., 274,400.

let may be connected the supply means, las a' pipe l1, as by iittingfthe pipe in the inlet. A shield vtraverses the receiver above the inlet and inthe presentcaseis in part formed by bending offthe lower ledge vportion of the niaand inpart bywelding or otherwisesecurin a wing 12a to the opposite side of said wall. f When-the device is in use andy thefabric is Vbei-ng advanced pastthe slit 3 the liquid admitted atrinlet 10 will :rise in the receiverv until -its level reaches the slit, whereupon it will-issue into passage A as abroad ilatsheet or streamV yof ysubs'tantially uniform volume throughout its breadth because theslit is horizontal and of uniformwidth 1h rougliout; this streamv will flow with variable' force against thfefabric depending upon the regulation of its flow by some valve in supply pipev 11, but such force willY be vlimited upon the levelof'the liquid reaching the overflow outy let ofthe receiver; So that the level of the liquid in chamber 4: shall be the saine `all around,.it Ais lpreferred that the liquid enter the chamberlaterally, as shown, rather than yteria-l forming thefadjoining wall 6, asat upwardly or downwardly, which `:by causing t' disturbance would defeat this purpose; to the sameV end and for steadying the liquid the two walls which are in the example in planes transverse lto pipe lll, while they extend be rlow, theslit and thus dip into the liquid and serve as baliles, extend short of the bottom yof the receiver, butthe wall 6 opposite-said* pipe isextended to said bottom so as to prevent any tendency` of the liquid tofv swirl 'around thechamber when the same is annular, asin the example; v

The overflow outlet being openv all around permits access to the slit 3 for removing therefrom lint, Huff and other foreign matter which eollectsfrom the fabric andtends In that form sage extends through the device, the latter may be more or less elongated so as to receive the fabric either in rope form erin flat (fold-` n Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim is:

l. A liquid discharging device having a liquid distributing chamber past which the fabric to be treated is to be advanced in an upright path close to said chamber, a horizontally elongated liquid delivery outlet from the chamber arranged at the side thereof adj oinine' said path and above the bottom of the chamber, means to supply liquid to the chamber, and an overflow outlet from the chamber arranged above the lirst-nai'ned outlet.

2. A liquid discharging device having an upright passage therethrough through which the fabric to be treated is to pass, a liquid distributing chamber extending around the passage, a horizontally elongated liquid delivery outlet from the chamber to said passage cX- tending around the passage Vand arranged above the bottom of the chamber, means to supply liquid to the chamber, and an overiiow outlet from the chamber arranged above the first-named outlet.

A liquid discharging device having 'a liquid distributing chamber past which the fabric to be treated is to be advanced in an upright path close to said chamber, a horizontally elongated liquid delivery out-let from the chamber arranged at the side thereof adjoining said path and above the bottom of the chamber, and means to supply liquid to the chamber, said chamber being open above the level of the slit and affording clear access to the same for substantially the full length lof the slit. l

t. A liquid discharging device having an upright passage therethrough through which the fabric to be treated is to pass, a liquid distributing chamber vextending around the passage, a horizontally elongated liquid ydelivery outlet from the chamber to said passage arranged abovevthe bottom of the chamber, means to supply liquid to the chamber laterally thereof, and a liquid-How obstructing wall extending upwardly from the bottom of the chamber substantially `opposite said liquid supply, means. M 5.V A liquid'discharging device having a liquid distributing chamber past which the fabric to be treated is advanced, a horizontally elongated liquid delivery outletv from the chamber arranged at the side thereof adjoining said path and above the bottom of the chamber, means to supply liquid to the chamber, and a baffle extendingupwardly in the chamber from a plane lower than said outlet and beingtspaced from the bottom of said chamber. v

6. A liquid discharging device including upper and lower alined tubular members forming an upright passage through which the fabric to be treated is advanced, said inembers having an endless space between them forming a liquid outlet to the passage, -a receiver surrounding and forming a distributing chamber with the lower member and eX- tending above said outlet-forming space, and means connecting the receiver andy upper member and affording support for the latter, said receiver having means to supply liquid to said chamber. l n V 7. A liquid discharging device including upper and lower alined tubular members forniing an upright passage through which the fabric to be treated is advanced,said members having an endless space between them fern-ling a liquid out-let to the passage, a receiver surrounding and forming a distributing chamber with the lower member and extending above said outlet-forming space, and a wall connecting and traversing the space between the receiver and upper member and affording support for the latter, said wall leaving the outlet-forming` space unobstructed and said receiver having means tosupply liquid to said chamber.

ln testimony whereofl ailix my signature.

FLORENT HINNEKENS.' 

